WHICH CAMP TO CHOOSE
Windridge Tennis and Sports camps offer young people the opportunity to improve sports skills, make new friends, and have the time of their life all in a traditional camp setting in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. The tennis program is of the same excellent quality at both camps but some of the additional programs offered are different.
Which Windridge camp is right for you,
Teela-Wooket or Craftsbury Common?
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Teela-Wooket |
Craftsbury Common |
| Daily program: Campers participate in 6 teaching periods a day (6 hours). Tennis, soccer and horseback riding are the three major areas where campers focus their class choices. Campers design their schedule to include double and single periods of only majors, or a combination of major classes and electives. Choices can be changed daily. |
Daily program: Campers participate in 4 instructional periods and 2 E-periods a day. 2 of the instructional periods are tennis. The E-period offerings change daily and provide creative alternatives to our structured routine. The instructional elective periods change weekly. |
| Tennis: One of the three majors campers may choose to focus on; one or two double periods (2 or 4 hours) and the option of up to two 1 hour periods daily. Private lessons offered each session. 21 tennis courts cater for every level of player from beginner to top tournament level. |
Tennis: 2 hours required daily with private lessons once a week. Option to play an additional 2 hours daily during the E-periods.16 tennis courts cater for every level of player from beginner to top tournament level. |
| Horseback Riding: One of three majors campers may choose to focus on, extra fee for participation, may ride 2-4 hours and take 1 hour of stable management daily, with option for private lessons once a session. |
Sculling, sailing, and other boating activities: along with endurance and field games are elective offerings. |
| Soccer: One of three majors campers may choose to focus on; one double period- ages 12 & under, second double-ages 13 & up and two 1 hour elective periods daily, with option for small group or private lessons once a session. |
Soccer: Elective offering (1 hour daily) |
| Swimming pool: (30x60)-recreational swimming available as an elective. |
Lake Hosmer with waterfront: items such as trampoline, waterslide, floating log, funyaks, waterbikes and paddleboats. |
| Golf: 1 hour elective with instruction in camp and at the Northfield Country Club 2 miles form camp. |
Golf: Par 3 field golf course elective |
Rest and Play Day: Offer a unique opportunity for individual instruction in all three majors. The afternoon and evening is highlighted by the Teela-Wooket Carnival with fun, food and games for all.
Teela Games: Camp is divided into four teams and during last two days of each session they compete in their majors and other fun activities. |
Rest and Play Days: Offer a unique opportunity for individual instruction in tennis or another major. The balance of the day is less structured than the rest of the week, allowing campers to participate in a full camp activity, and individually, to join in activities not generally offered such as softball, volleyball, long distance swims, lacrosse, hikes, yoga, dance, field hockey, floor hockey, special waterfront programs, rugby, or cricket. This is the day we recommend to parents who want to visit their children during the session. |
| Enrollment Capacity: 168 co-ed ages 8-15 |
Enrollment Capacity: 110 co-ed ages 8-15 |
| Cabins: Sleep 4-6 campers with 1-2 counselors |
Cabins: Sleep 8 campers with 2 counselors |
| Location: Central VT, 1 hour south of Burlington |
Location: Northeastern VT and 1.5 hours to Burlington |
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Elective activities available at both camps: Swimming, Archery, Arts & Crafts, Team Sports (basketball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, lacrosse), Mountain Biking, Golf, Photography, Yearbook, Aerobics/Dance, Challenge Course, Fitness, Rocketry and Model Building, Theatre games, and improvisation.
Evening Activities: Offerings are generally group activities and may include skit night, capture the flag, dances, movies, lip sync, mystery night, casino night, counselor or camper hunts, trivia night, scavenger hunt, or campfires.
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